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ReviewACS omega2022

A Generative Approach to Materials Discovery, Design, and Optimization.

Dhruv Menon, Raghavan Ranganathan

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Review in ACS omega, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Sustainable Materials Design With Multi-Modal Artificial Intelligence.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. AI-Based Drug Discovery and Design for Different Genetic Designs.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dhruv MenonDepartment of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar 382355, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6264-8660
Raghavan RanganathanDepartment of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar 382355, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1015-791X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its potential to transform society, materials research suffers from a major drawback: its long research timeline. Recently, machine-learning techniques have emerged as a viable solution to this drawback and have shown accuracies comparable to other computational techniques like density functional theory (DFT) at a fraction of the computational time. One particular class of machine-learning models, known as "generative models", is of particular interest owing to its ability to approximate high-dimensional probability distribution functions, which in turn can be used to generate novel data such as molecular structures by sampling these approximated probability distribution functions. This review article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the underlying mathematical principles of popular generative models such as recurrent neural networks, variational autoencoders, and generative adversarial networks and discuss their state-of-the-art applications in the domains of biomaterials and organic drug-like materials, energy materials, and structural materials. Here, we discuss a broad range of applications of these models spanning from the discovery of drugs that treat cancer to finding the first room-temperature superconductor and from the discovery and optimization of battery and photovoltaic materials to the optimization of high-entropy alloys. We conclude by presenting a brief outlook of the major challenges that lie ahead for the mainstream usage of these models for materials research.

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PMCPMC9352221

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